Articles from Vol. 5, No. 4, 2016

1. IntroductionCities are still hubs of dwelling, production and creativity. In accordance, migration to cities is increasing every year. Therefore, the capacity of cities for accommodating the needs is being questioned. With hindsight, twentieth century...

1. IntroductionThe Balkan region has always been considered as an important tourist destination as it borders the Mediterranean and the Black sea and has within its territory high and preserved mountains. As a crossroad of civilizations it represents...

1.IntroductionThe remarkable changes in ecological paradigms at Universities have been to create new balancing between academic, technological and economic growth with environment preservation. Different institutions encourage universities to review...

1. IntroductionThe financial capital is an essential factor for the economic growth and development of a country, which is influencing and is also influenced by other determinants, such as human capital and technology. The new theories of growth, which...

1. IntroductionCoastal resources and tourism in Algeria are under development, although they represent an important natural, cultural and economic potential (Bouadam 2011). The seaside tourism is an important economic asset for the South Mediterranean...

1. IntroductionSacred Groves are considered as "Sacred Natural Sites" (IUCN) [1] .These are the relic forest patches preserved in the name of religion &amp; culture. They extend from Asia, Africa, and Europe to America mostly in Africa and Asia [2]....

1.IntroductionThis paper offers an account of a process that is influencing my practice as a development economist and practitioner as well as my Living Educational Theory based research. My practice in various developing countries offers me a way of...

1.IntroductionSpecial groups of children or formally known as Children with Special Needs are children and youngsters whose abilities and skills cannot be fully developed through generally practiced parenting and teaching and learning approaches. This...

1.IntroductionAs the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are expanded to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), their ambitious objectives remain the same. In the meantime, the National Program for Community Empowerment (PNPM Mandiri) in Indonesia is transformed...

1. IntroductionThe European Union took a course on sustainable agricultural and rural development, in order to meet the challenges of modern development. This is directly or indirectly served by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) instruments and the...

1.IntroductionEnergy is vital to socio-economic development and health of all the countries. However, heavy reliance on fossil fuels has caused serious global and regional concerns such as climate change, conflicts, and refugees. Anthropogenic greenhouse...

1.IntroductionViewed from the perspective of the factors generating progress, the economic crises determines the involving of social actors in identifying solutions to economic, social, technological, moral, etc. favourable to the development. In this...

1. IntroductionThere are a large number of disasters that threaten the cultural heritage around the world.These disasters are obtained from human-made or natural hazards. Several disasters have been occurring within different areas and caused severe...

1.IntroductionDuring the Paris Climate Change Conference in December 2015 governments worldwide have agreed that international climate policy should aim to limit the increase of global mean temperature to less than 2°C with respect to pre-industrial...

1.IntroductionThe implementation of sustainable land revitalization programs has grown in size, complexity and cost, particularly since the latter half of the 20th century, for the United States and many other industrialized countries. During the post-industrial...

1.IntroductionBeginning in the 1850's, after the Industrial Revolution of the late 1700's, the history of modern environmentalism began. Within the agenda of environmentalism for many years, the focus has primarily been placed on physical aspects such...

1.IntroductionIn today's society characterized by great change and evolution, there is an absence of those points of reference and those defined roles which allow people to affirm a reassuring identify and to develop relationships that are comforting,...

(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.)1.Introduction to BiometricsBiometrics is a form of verification used for authentication purposes. As Roethenbaugh said, 'biometrics is a science which involves statistical analysis of biological characteristics'...

1.IntroductionInformation and Communication Technologies (ICT) has totally changed the traditional framework that have been previously applied by the governmental authorities for adopting sustainable strategies in public management. Previous researches...

(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.)1.IntroductionThe concept of ecosystem services (ES) is a topical idea that is quick to focus research attention on the development of an interdisciplinary, integrated methodological basis for geospatial research...

1. IntroductionDespite the economic growth in the era of neoliberal globalization the first round of the neoliberal reforms failed to reduce global poverty and inequality, which led to economic and political instability. This approach did not recognize...

1. IntroductionIn the past few years, new barriers to urban development (UD) in Egypt have appeared. The first is water shortage. Egypt has reached a state where the quantity of water available limits national UD. The second barrier lies is fossil fuel...

1. IntroductionEcological capability evaluation is a process which attempts to provide an appropriate development and consistent with nature, by regulating the relationship between human and the nature. In fact, this evaluation is an effective step towards...

1. Introduction and Theoretical FoundationsThe study deals with the community of Koreans who live and work in Zilina. This community is very specific. It has different cultural, linguistic, economic, social and religious traditions from Slovaks. In Zilina...

1. IntroductionConsumers living in industrialized countries pay much attention to health and ecological issues. No records have been made, but if at least 2% of EU citizens can be reached, over 10 million potential customers are available. The EU Commission...

1.Civil participation in the human development approachThe human development approach was introduced in 1990 by the United Nations Development Programme as an innovative way to look at development. Inspired by the philosophy of Amartya Sen, human development...

1. IntroductionThe United Nations Sustainable Development Goals were adopted in September 2015 as a post 2015 development agenda.1 Goal 9 of the SDGs is to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster...

1.The situation of English in ThailandIn today's world, English is undeniably an essential means of communication. Its importance is promoted with the arrival of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by December 31, 2015. The English language will become...

1.IntroductionClimate change has become one of the most important issues today especially for Indonesia. Indonesia is the third largest emitters of greenhouse gasses in the world with a total of 3,014 MtCO2e after the United States and China (Sari et...

1.Our Planet's tryst with the ArcticThe idea of Arctic is larger than its geographical contours. As a region in a constant state of flux, the Arctic's climate change manifested in the disappearance of street signs warning on polar bears. The beautiful...

1.IntroductionGreen Open Space ( RTH ) is an area dominated by woody plants or trees that serve as a buffer urban areas, such as water management regulator and ability to absorb carbon in the air. The existence of the green open space is very important...

1.IntroductionThe population of Fiji is becoming increasingly urban. An estimated 53.7 % of Fiji's 889,000 total population (United States Government, 2016), live in urban areas, with approximately 25 % (218,000 people) living in the capital, Suva (Government...

(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.)1. IntroductionDrying of agricultural crops has always been of great importance to the conservation of food by human beings. Sun-drying is still the most common method used to preserve agricultural products in...

1. PremessaGià nel 2001 il geógrafo Thrift osserva che "the fnanciali%ation9 of the economy ... had become so noticeable that it was no longer possible to envisage money and finance as a subsidiary activity whose t'oie was simply to oil the wheels ofproduction"...

(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.)1. IntroductionHuman exploitation of biomass or biogenic materials as feedstock isn't new; but currently there is a renewed interest in effective exploitation of unavoidable organic wastes, in order to reduce...

1. Thesis statementIn 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the Programme for sustainable development by 2030, with 17 new set of global objectives. Regardless of the institutionalizing of the sustainable development concept, its practical application...

1.IntroductionCultural tourism, one of the most important branches of tourism industry, has recently become more popular as a result of increase in awareness of cultural assets. One of the actions taken to increase the popularity of tourism, which has...

1. IntroductionThe principal aim of this paper is the development of a numeric model for the integration of a fuel cell in an electric scooter. For this, every single element have beenmodeled separately from the mathematical equations from an electrical...

1.IntroductionSince late Forties, social justice hadn't been the main focus of development studies. The main goal of development-practically and theoretically- had been either achieving economic growth or reducing poverty rates.In The Sixties, The Dependency...

1.Introduction"Human activity is putting such strain on the natural foundations of the earth that the ability of the Planet's ecosystems to sustain future generations can no longer be taken for granted" (Glasser,2009). Multiple problems that threaten...

1.IntroductionKalapi (Ka/appia celebica Kosterm), an economically valuable local tree species, are now being researched and developed. Kalapi has beautiful and high quality of wood and give more economical benefits. However, their population have significantly...

1. IntroductionHe thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before - this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling,...

(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.)1. IntroductionSustainable development is a general and fundamental objective of the European Union aimed at continuous improvement of the quality of life and the well-being of present and future generations based...

1.IntroductionThe etymology of the word, environment is partly from the French word environner. It means "The action of circumnavigating, encompassing, or surrounding something; the state of being encompassed or surrounded." 1 In other words, environment...

1. IntroductionAs seaport areas and coastal cities have significant potential for industrial projects, they have a particular development potential. At the same time, they should pay attention to pollution prevention, resources and waste management,...

1.IntroductionThe Brundtland Commission's definition of sustainable development asked for a balance to be struck between the needs of the present with the responsibilities owed to future generations.1 Even so, its interpretation and usage would vary...

1.IntroductionGreenhouse gases concentration in the atmosphere has grown exponentially in recent years as consequence of anthropic activities. Agriculture, like most of economic sectors, produces greenhouse gases and these emissions are generally related...

1. IntroductionEstablishment of HSE management system in organizations and in large and small global companies and industries has always been conducted, based on a series of guidelines which usually have similar structures. Special attention of major...

1. Thesis statementHumans have greatly altered the global environment and some scientists support the thesis that we currently live in a new geologic epoch - the Anthropocene (Steffen et al., 2011; Rockström et al., 2009; Zalasiewicz et al., 2011; Lewis...

IntroductionScience have an important role in the world today and the future. The science involves everyone both the daily and professional services as well as technology and various productivity tools many people used to facilitate life and work. These...

1. IntroductionIn recent years, sustainability has become a popular topic in both business and society. Business sustainability is defined as the status of "businesses that can survive shocks because they are intimately connected to healthy economic,...

1.PrefaceThe development and improvement of the quality of life for students with disabilities (Office of the Council of State, 2007, Page 2) is defined as, the need to rehabilitate persons with disabilities, to support and provide their welfare and...